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The McMaster Department of Philosophy has now put together the following notice commemorating Barry: Barry Allen: A Philosophical Life Barry…
What is lost remains
What is lost remains
Invisible always present
Remembered and forgotten
It is the seal
That holds the present whole
Though porous when stirred
Is it not my memory
That keeps me hopeful
Even as darkness approaches
Peopled by those lost
And those lingering
Who add yesterdays to today
And make becoming
More than illusion
Tomorrow almost feasible
1/30/13-1/31/13
Copyright 2013 by Maurice Leiter.
Posted with permission.
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